macOS Monterey has a recording indicator in the Control Panel and a new camera indicator light for when an app has access to a Mac’s mic.
Facebook Messenger on iOS Gets New Chat Themes, QR Code Payments
Facebook announced new features coming to its Messenger app. Chat themes, a quick reply bar, as well as QR codes and payments links.
We’re all about increasing efficiency, so we’ve added a new quick reply bar to the Messenger media viewer. This makes it easier to have conversations sparked by a cool photo or video without needing to go back to your main chat thread. Just tap on the photo or video and send a response through the quick reply bar at the bottom of the screen. Swipe up to exit the full-screen media viewer and head back to your main chat thread
The iOS 15 Device Support List - Can You Run the New OS?
In one sentence: If you can run iOS 14 you can run iOS 15. The iOS 15 device support list includes iPhone 6s and later.
Outlook for iPhone Adds Voice Features With Cortana
An update for Outlook on iPhone adds voice commands powered by Microsoft’s Cortana assistant.
Now Outlook users with an iPhone or iPad can rely on Cortana’s voice capabilities to schedule meetings, search for emails, and read out a reply to an email. Outlook users can hold down the Google-like plus sign icon on iOS (and soon Android), and then tap the microphone icon to “Use Voice” to tell Cortana what to do in Outlook.
App Store: Outlook
Apple Suppliers Create 20,000 Jobs in India
A report on Thursday says that Apple’s suppliers in India have created approximately 20,000 jobs.
Roblox Faces $200 Million Lawsuit for Alleged Music Copyright Infringement
The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) filed a $200 million lawsuit against Roblox for user-uploaded music in their streams.
Democrats Prepare Set of 5 Antitrust Bills Targeting Tech Companies
Democrats in the House of Representatives are preparing five bills targeting tech companies in different ways.
JBS USA Pays $11 Million in Ransom After Cyberattack
On Thursday, meat supplier JBS said it paid US$11 million after ransomware attack stopped its operations.
In consultation with internal IT professionals and third-party cybersecurity experts, the company made the decision to mitigate any unforeseen issues related to the attack and ensure no data was exfiltrated.
I wonder if the FBI will recover this ransom as well, like the Colonial Pipeline money.
WWDC Interviews: Binary Formations and Apparent Software – TMO Daily Observations 2021-06-09
Today “live from” WWDC, Kelly interviews Kevin and Diane Hamilton of Binary Formations, and Jacob Gorban of Apparent Software.
Digging into Apple's iCloud Private Relay
At this week’s WWDC Keynote, Apple announced iCloud Private Relay, a privacy feature aimed towards further separating you and your browsing activity from people who want to track and collect data about you. iCloud Private Relay works for anyone with an iCloud+ subscription using iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and macOS Monterey, and when enabled it protects all your Safari browsing, all DNS queries, and any insecure web traffic from other apps.